Category: UW
Chancellor Blank on UpFront with Mike Gousha
Chancellor Rebecca Blank appeared on UpFront with Mike Gousha, a public affairs show, on Sunday, June 14. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) appeared in a separate segment and addressed questions about proposed tenure changes for University of Wisconsin System faculty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2S_i2nbfOw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS9dl5FkpUg
Resolution Passed by Faculty Senate
The following resolution was passed by the Faculty Senate in a special meeting on Tuesday, June 9.
PROFS Letter on Tenure and Shared Governance to UW-Madison Faculty
AAUP Letter to UW System on Threats to Tenure and Due Process
Open Letter from UW-Madison Research Award Winners
Open Letter to UWSA Board of Regents on Chancellor Searches
PROFS Statement on JFC Proposal on Tenure
PROFS Statement on Joint Finance Committee Action on UW System Budget
Edited May 30, 9:15 pm: Legislative Fiscal Bureau budget paper
Legislative Fiscal Bureau UW System Budget Papers
The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to vote on motions relating to the University of Wisconsin System this week. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau has prepared budget papers with possible alternatives to those offered by Governor Scott Walker in his budget proposal:
- University of Wisconsin System
- Creation of the UW System Authority (Paper #675)
- GPR Base Budget Reduction (Paper #676)
- Resident Undergraduate Tuition Freeze (Paper #677)
- Delete Segregated Fund Appropriations (Paper #678)
- Delete Tribal Gaming Funding (Paper #679)
- Future GPR Funding (Paper #680)
- Compensation, GPR Position Authority, and Position Reports (Paper #681)
- PR-Funded Building Projects and Self-Amortizing Bonding (Paper #682)
- Procurement Authority (Paper #683)
- Investment of Certain PR Balances (Paper #684)
- PR Balance and Auxiliary Reserve Reporting (Paper #685)
- State Laboratory of Hygiene Funding (Paper #686)
- Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative (Paper #486)
- Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (Paper #488)
- Extension Recycling Education and Solid Waste Research and Experiments (Paper #487)
- Minnesota-Wisconsin Student Reciprocity (Paper #390)
- End Sheet
The committee may decide to forego individual motions and instead vote on a single omnibus motion, as it did with K-12 last week.
